1962-Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war. In 1962, the Soviets realized how far behind they were in the arms race, so they decided that they could get ahead by planting nuclear missile sites in Cuba to fire at the U.S. if needed. Fidel Castro, scared of another invasion since the Bay of Pigs invasion failed, agreed to this to have better defense against the U.S.. Once the U.S. heard of this he quickly organized the EX-COMM which went and formed a naval quarantine around Cuba.